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                                     430 BC

                                   ANDROMACHE

                                  by Euripides

                         translated by E。 P。 Coleridge




    CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY

  ANDROMACHE

  MAID OF ANDROMACHE

  CHORUS OF PHTHIAN WOMEN

  HERMIONE�察�daughter of MENELAUS and wife of Neoptolemus

  MENELAUS�察�King of Sparta

  MOLOSSUS�察�son of ANDROMACHE and Neoptolemus

  PELEUS�察�father of Achilles

  NURSE OF HERMIONE

  ORESTES�察�son of Agamemnon

  MESSENGER

  THETIS�察�the goddess�察�wife of PELEUS

  Various attendants





ANDROMACHE

  ANDROMACHE





         ��SCENE�此�Before the temple of THETIS in Thessaly。

          ANDROMACHE�察�dressed as a suppliant�察�is clinging

          to the altar in front of the temple。 The palace

                     of Achilles is nearby。��



  ANDROMACHE

    O CITY of Thebes�察�glory of Asia�察�whence on a day I came to Priam's

princely home with many a rich and costly thing in my dower�察�affianced

unto Hector to be the mother of his children�察�I Andromache�察�envied

name in days of yore�察�but now of all women that have been or yet shall

be the most unfortunate�察�for I have lived to see my husband Hector

slain by Achilles�察�and the babe Astyanax�察�whom I bore my lord��

hurled from the towering battlements�察�when the Hellenes sacked our

Trojan home�察�and I myself am come to Hellas as a slave�察�though I was

esteemed a daughter of a race most free�察�given to Neoptolemus that

island´prince�察�and set apart for him as his special prize from the

spoils of Troy。 And here I dwell upon the boundaries of Phthia and

Pharsalia's town�察�where Thetis erst�察�the goddess of the sea�察�abode

with Peleus apart from the world�察�avoiding the throng of men��

wherefore the folk of Thessaly call it the sacred place of Thetis��

in honour of the goddess's marriage。 Here dwells the son of Achilles

and suffers Peleus still to rule Pharsalia�察�not wishing to assume

the sceptre while the old man lives。 Within these halls have borne a

boy to the son of Achilles�察�my master。 Now aforetime for all my misery

I ever had a hope to lead me on�察�that�察�if my child were safe�察�I

might find some help and protection from my woes�察�but since my lord in

scorn of his bondmaid's charms hath wedded that Spartan Hermione�察�I am

tormented by her most cruelly�察�for she saith that I by secret

enchantment am making her barren and distasteful to her husband�察�and

that I design to take her place in this house�察�ousting her the

rightful mistress by force�察�whereas I at first submitted against my

will and now have resigned my place�察�be almighty Zeus my witness

that it was not of my own free will I became her rival��

    But I cannot convince her�察�and she longs to kill me�察�and her

father Menelaus is an accomplice in this。 E'en now is he within��

arrived from Sparta for this very purpose�察�while I in terror am come

to take up position here in the shrine of Thetis adjoining the

house�察�if haply it may save me from death�察�for Peleus and his

descendants hold it in honour as symbol of his marriage with the

Nereid。 My only son am I secretly conveying to a neighbour's house

in fear for his life。 For his sire stands not by my side to lend his

aid and cannot avail his child at all�察�being absent in the land of

Delphi�察�where he is offering recompense to Loxias for the madness he

committed�察�when on a day he went to Pytho and demanded of Phoebus

satisfaction for his father's death�察�if haply his prayer might avert

those past sins and win for him the god's goodwill hereafter。

                                     ��The MAID OF ANDROMACHE enters。��

  MAID

    Mistress mine�察�be sure I do not hesitate to call thee by that

name�察�seeing that I thought it thy right in thine own house also�察�when

we dwelt in Troy´land�察�as I was ever thy friend and thy husband's

while yet he was alive�察�so now have I come with strange tidings�察�in

terror lest any of our masters learn hereof but still out of pity

for thee�察�for Menelaus and his daughter are forming dire plots against

thee�察�whereof thou must beware。

  ANDROMACHE

    Ah� �kind companion of my bondage�察�for such thou art to her�察�who��

erst thy queen�察�is now sunk in misery�察�what are they doing�拭�What new

schemes are they devising in their eagerness to take away my

wretched life��

  MAID

    Alas� �poor lady�察�they intend to slay thy son�察�whom thou hast

privily conveyed from out the house。

  ANDROMACHE

    Ah me� �Has she heard that my babe was put out of her reach�拭�Who

told her�拭�Woe is me� �how utterly undone��

  MAID

    I know not�察�but thus much of their schemes I heard myself�察�and

Menelaus has left the house to fetch him。

  ANDROMACHE

    Then am I lost�察�ah�察�my child� �those vultures twain will take and

slay thee�察�while he who is called thy father lingers still in Delphi。

  MAID

    True�察�for had he been here thou wouldst not have fared so

hardly�察�am sure�察�but�察�as it is�察�thou art friendless。

  ANDROMACHE

    Have no tidings come that Peleus may arrive��

  MAID

    He is too old to help thee if he came。

  ANDROMACHE

    And yet I sent for him more than once。

  MAID

    Surely thou dost not suppose that any of thy messengers heed thee��

  ANDROMACHE

    Why should they�拭�Wilt thou then go for me��

  MAID

    How shall I explain my long absence from the house��

  ANDROMACHE

    Thou art a woman�察�thou canst invent a hundred ways。

  MAID

    There is a risk�察�for Hermione keeps no careless guard。

  ANDROMACHE

    Dost look to that�拭�Thou art disowning thy friends in distress。

  MAID

    Not so�察�never taunt me with that。 I will go�察�for of a truth a

woman and a slave is not of much account�察�e'en if aught befall me。

                                                ��The MAID withdraws。��

  ANDROMACHE

    Go then�察�while I will tell to heaven the lengthy tale of

lamentation�察�mourning�察�and weeping�察�that has ever been my hard lot��

for 'tis woman's way to delight in present misfortunes even to keeping

them always on her tongue and lips。 But I have many reasons�察�not

merely one for tears�察�my city's fall�察�my Hector's death�察�the

hardness of the lot to which I am bound�察�since I fell on slavery's

evil days undeservedly。 'Tis never right to call a son of man happy��

till thou hast seen his end�察�to judge from the way he passes it how he

will descend to that other world。

                                               ��She begins to chant。��

    'Twas no bride Paris took with him to the towers of Ilium�察�but

curse to his bed when he brought Helen to her bower。 For her sake��

Troy�察�did eager warriors�察�sailing from Hellas in a thousand ships��

capture and make thee a prey to fire and sword�察�and the son of

sea´born Thetis mounted on his chariot dragged my husband Hector round

the walls�察�ah woe is me� �while I was hurried from my chamber to the

beach�察�with slavery's hateful pall upon me。 And many tear I shed as

I left my city�察�my bridal bower�察�and my husband in the dust。 Woe��

woe is me� �why should I prolong my life�察�to serve Hermione�拭�Her

cruelty it is that drives me hither to the image of the goddess to

throw my suppliant arms about it�察�melting to tears as doth a spring

that gushes from the rock。

                                ��The CHORUS OF PHTHIAN WOMEN enters。��

  CHORUS ��singing��



                                                            strophe 1



    Lady�察�thus keeping thy weary station without pause upon the

floor of Thetis' shrine�察�Phthian though I am�察�to thee a daughter of

Asia I come�察�to see if I can devise some remedy for these perplexing

troubles�察�which have involved thee and Hermione in fell discord��

because to thy sorrow thou sharest with her the love of Achilles' son。



                                                        antistrophe 1



    Recognize thy position�察�weigh the present evil into the which thou

art come。 Thou art a Trojan captive�察�thy rival is thy mistress�察�a

true´born daughter of Sparta。 Leave then this home of sacrifice�察�the

shrine of our sea´goddess。 How can it avail thee to waste thy

comeliness and disfigure it by weeping by reason of a mistress's harsh

usage�拭�Might will prevail against thee�察�why vainly toil in thy

feebleness��



                                                            strophe 2



    Come�察�quit the bright sanctuary of the Nereid divine。 Recognize

that thou art in bondage on a foreign soil�察�in a strange city�察�where

thou seest none of all thy friends�察�luckless lady�察�cast on evil days。



                                                        antistrophe 2



    Yea�察�I did pity thee most truly�察�Trojan dame�察�when thou camest

to this house�察�but from fear of my mistress I hold my peace�察�albeit

I sympathize with thee�察�lest she�察�whom Zeus's daughter bore��

discover my good will toward thee。



            ��HERMIONE enters�察�in complete royal regalia。��



  HERMIONE

    With a crown of golden workmanship upon my head and about my

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